Another GT Look-a-Likey Project thread, Made a gas strut lifted air dam to clear my driveway |
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Another GT Look-a-Likey Project thread, Made a gas strut lifted air dam to clear my driveway |
john77 |
Oct 1 2020, 04:04 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 621 Joined: 21-February 14 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 17,027 Region Association: Southern California |
Started the process of GT flaring my car this week.
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/live.staticflickr.com-17027-1601589977.1.jpg) The plan is to weld all four flares on first, then widen the rears to fit 9s, and in the process strip the car panel by panel for a repaint. The rear arches had been pulled at some point in the 90s to fit 7s, and I knew they'd gone to town with bondo to smooth the driver's side out because there was a crack. The picture below is a cross section cut through the arch once I removed it... that's 0.5 inches of bondo right there (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/live.staticflickr.com-17027-1601589886.1.jpg) After making the initial rough cuts it dawned on me I'm probably going to need to remove the rear quarter oil tank to give me enough clearance to tig weld the flare on the front and back. I can only see one bolt, inside the engine bay - is that the only thing holding the tank in place? Also, dumb question, can I remove the tank without having to drain my engine oil first? I didn't think this far ahead and only changed my oil last month (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) |
john77 |
Oct 9 2020, 03:23 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 621 Joined: 21-February 14 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 17,027 Region Association: Southern California |
Got the first flare fitted after marking and trimming the arch to make a nice tight butt joint for when I tig weld, but then got sidetracked by the predictable "while you're in there".
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/live.staticflickr.com-17027-1602278750.1.jpg) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/live.staticflickr.com-17027-1602278630.1.jpg) While I had easy access thanks to the the arch being cut out I decided to strip the wheel wells back to bare metal. Was pleased to find mostly clean sheet metal. My plan is to treat the bare metal with SEM rust mort and then seam sealer where needed and a couple of coats of POR15. I know not everyone loves that stuff, but I've done it on a couple of cars and never had a problem. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/live.staticflickr.com-17027-1602278630.2.jpg) As I was stripping the fender I also found a complete mess where someone had plugged the antenna hole. They basically but a patch of metal behind the hole, welded the two together from the topside and then coated the whole thing with a generous layer of bondo (which appears to be a running theme on this car). The most impressive part was they didn't bother treating or painting the patch inside the fender, so it was a sheet of thick rust slowly rotting the fender metal above it (IMG:style_emoticons/default/chair.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/live.staticflickr.com-17027-1602278631.3.jpg) Attacked it with a hole saw... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/live.staticflickr.com-17027-1602278631.4.jpg) Here's what the back of the patch looked like. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/live.staticflickr.com-17027-1602278631.5.jpg) I cut a new patch and tacked it in place. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/live.staticflickr.com-17027-1602278632.6.jpg) And then once it was welded I metal finished the weld. It's not perfect, but it's a hell of a lot better than how it was. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/live.staticflickr.com-17027-1602278632.7.jpg) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/live.staticflickr.com-17027-1602278632.8.jpg) |
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